There are few foods I enjoy so much as a really good salad, whether it is just a simple heap of greens or a more filling bowl of dressed grains or pasta. So I have been looking forward to Salad Week on The Kitchn, five whole days for us to indulge our love of great salads, and to find some fresh inspiration for summer vegetables. Let's kick it off with 10 favorite hearty salads.

These are the cool bowlfuls that can carry us through a week of lunches, and stand nearly on their own at the summer picnic table. Fresh pasta salads (from tortellini to couscous), and deliciously nourishing grain salads (brown rice, farro, quinoa) — here are ten of our all-time favorites!

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Faith is the executive editor of The Kitchn and the author of three cookbooks. They include The Kitchn Cookbook, coauthored with Sara Kate Gillingham, as well as Bakeless Sweets. She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband Mike.